Citizen ATX

This week’s ATX Neighbor is bestselling author and international speaker, Gary Thomas.  Gary drops in to talk about how we can pursue sacred marriages in our homes.  We’ll discuss the idea that God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy.

This week’s ATX Neighbor is Dr. Jimmy Myers, founder of The Timothy Center.  Jimmy and his team offer professional Christian counseling to adults, adolescents, and their families.  In this episode, Jimmy will talk about the modern day challenges that parents are facing.  We’ll discuss the pitfalls of pornography, technology, and the challenges that COVID is creating for our next generation.

This week’s ATX Neighbors are University of Texas students, Grant Haden and Sarah Foster, who serve as Executive leaders in the on campus ministry, “Ignite.”  They’ll share what God is doing on the 40 acres, and how we can all better understand and reach college students for Christ in our city.

What's on your top 5 Christmas list? Jonathan and Matt share several of their top 5 Christmas rankings! 

From our Church family to yours, we wish you a very merry Christmas! 

Tis the season of giving! We all love giving and receiving gifts for the holiday season! Have you ever stopped to wonder why we do so? Jonathan and Matt walk us through the origins of giving and receiving and discuss how giving can quickly become stressful. How can we be cheerful givers this Christmas? Is it possible to be a selfish giver during the holidays? What are some other ways we can show family and friends love by giving non-material items?

Grief and Christmas are not often connected, but it is a reality many people face. Whether you are experiencing it or know somebody who is, grief is inevitably a part of the holidays in a time where we typically become more reflective. Whether you have lost somebody or something, how do we cope with grief during such a busy time? What is the appropriate way to cope with grief during the holidays and confront it as Christians? 

Christmas time is here! As the holidays roll around, we begin a new series. Let's talk holiday family feud! Jonathan and Matt walk us through the struggles and pressures of family during the crazy holiday season. How do we interact with our family? How do we show them we love them? What do we do when there is conflict between us during the holidays? What is our role in the family during the business of the holidays?

Happy thanksgiving weekend! As you prepare to enter the holidays, Jonathan and Matt close our series of "Asking for a friend" series and talk spiritual gifts! Exactly what it is a spiritual gift? How is a spiritual gift found? How do we develop our gift? Are there certain gifts that do not exist today? 

If you have any questions, reach out at @austinbaptistchurch and stay on the look out for our upcoming holiday series, "Stay Behind Me Satan".

Let's talk some theology! In this episode, Jonathan and Matt hit on your questions sent in having to do with our fallen world and its' problem of evil. Why does God test us with difficult trials? Why do bad things happen and why do good people and things suffer evil? How are we to respond to the problem of evil?

Some questions could simply not be categorized! On today's episode, Jonathan and Matt take on multiple miscallaneous questions  you've sent in. What does the Bible say about dinosaurs?  Will animals go to heaven? Will there be food in heaven and will we be able to sleep? Are there such things as coincidences?